This is an analysis of the poem Third Party Views that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaBAB CDEE FFFGfef ef FFFGB BAB CDEE FFFGB FGBXFGb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,7,2,5,3,4,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011110 00101011001 111010101 101010 01010101 100101100 1001010 01011 101011 111110101 0101101 11 01 1101 101111 01 1111101 011 111110101 0101101 11 01 0111101 111010101 101010 01010101 100101100 1001010 01011 101011 111110101 0101101 11 01 0111101 111 01 0111101 111 01 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, found are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word mine at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Third Party Views;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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